Big, fast moving creature seen near Laurel Hill Turnpike

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Report # 3571 (Class A)
Submitted by witness on Monday, March 29, 1999.
Big, fast moving creature seen near Laurel Hill Turnpike

YEAR: 1984
SEASON: Fall
MONTH: November
DATE: First saturday
STATE: Pennsylvania
COUNTY: Somerset County
LOCATION DETAILS: Laurel Hill (Above the abandoned Laurel Hill Pa. Turnpike Tunnel. Nearest Road: Approximately 1/2 mile due south of Pa. Turnpike Laurel Ridge Bypass.

OBSERVED: While returning from a grassy field located off of an old DER road, I had the feeling that I was being watched.

I also noticed a stong smell of what can only be described as a cross between body odor and a wet dog.

I was facing upwind of the smell when I noticed something out of the corner of my eye, moving paralell to the DER road.

I could not get a good look at it, but it was bigger than a bear and moving faster than one.

Whatever it was, it sure was not shy about making noise moving through the dense woods.

I did not stick around long enough to look for tracks, daylight was short and all I had was a .22 rifle.

ALSO NOTICED: I have hunted in that area during all seasons for almost 20 years, I have never noticed anything else unexplained before or since that day.
OTHER WITNESSES: Hunting groundhog and squirrel
ENVIRONMENT: Small mountain in the Laurel Highlands, dense woods and no regular human habitation.


He has been interested in the paranormal since he was 11yrs old. He has had many experiences with both ghosts and UFO's and it has just solidified his beliefs. He set up this site to catalogue as much information about the paranormal in one location. He is the oldest of three and moved from the UK to the USA in 2001.